Christmas gifts from my Pop!

TrainNut

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My father has recently taken up blacksmithing and wanted to give me something of his efforts rail related. In the first shot, you can see that he forged a knife out of a chunk of steel. Any guesses on what the piece of steel was before it became a knife? The answer is right before your eyes!
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The second is an ice pick. He also made the handle from a chunk of firewood laying around down in the woodyard.
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MadModeler

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WOW! jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop jawdrop

Yes, I see what he made them out of! I won't ruin the surprise for others but very appropriate! Your Pop did a great job! I am amazed! :cool:
 

MasonJar

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zedob said:
Wow, smithing in Pheonix! Brutal!

Not hard though... I hear you just leave stuff sitting around in a sunny spot. It's ready to work in 30 minutes or so... ;) :D sign1

Great stuff. I agree that there might be a (niche) market for this equipment


Andrew